Historical Marker
Middle Forge
Historical marker location:
Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
( Marker is at the intersection of Farley Avenue and Parker Road, on the right when traveling west on Farley Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1954
The first recorded instance of a submarine attack on a ship occurred off the coast of New Jersey during the American Civil War. On February 17, 1864, the Confederate submarine CSS Hunley attacked and sank the Union ship USS Housatonic near Charleston, South Carolina, while on its way from New Jersey.